Lectures and Presentations

Comfort Food: Cookery in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings - .mp3 or .m4a (March 17, 2010)

Papers from Kalamazoo 2010: The Poetry of The Hobbit and Tolkien’s Typology - .mp3 or .m4a (May 16, 2010)

Q&A Sessions

In addition to my regular lecture series, I occasionally record extra, more informal podcast episodes. Most of these podcasts will serve as my audio mailbag as I record answers to questions posted by listeners on my Discussion Board.

Tolkien and Horror: A Halloween Special - .mp3 or .m4a (November 4, 2011)

The Minstrel, The Painter, and The Scholar

A Roundtable Disussion with John DiBartolo, Ted Nasmith, and Corey Olsen

In November 2010, John DiBartolo (musician and songwriter with The Lonely Mountain Band), Ted Nasmith (world-famous painter and Tolkien illustrator), and the Tolkien Professor gathered together via Skype to talk about their work and their different approaches to interpreting Tolkien’s work. They also answered together a number of questions from listeners and fans.